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‘Voters are like, No thanks’: Trump’s tariffs fall flat with the working class

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It’s become an article of faith for trade hardliners in both parties that a protectionist agenda is a guaranteed pathway to building support among working-class voters. But now that President Donald Trump is testing that theory in practice, it is largely flopping on the campaign trail.

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